EXCLUSIVE: Katy Perry's Tiny Dancer: How the superstar turned one little girl into an internet sensation

With her fierce dance moves and ability to 'werk' it, 10-year-old Kaycee Rice has always been talented.

But with one little tweet from pop princess Katy Perry to her 38 million followers, Kaycee has now become a fully-fledged internet sensation.

Katy, 28, posted a video from YouTube of Kaycee at a dance competition doing her hip hop solo to Werqin' Girl by Shangela Laquifa, writing: '!!!WeRk!!!'

And Kaycee, from Simi Valley, California, had NO idea until one of her friends alerted her, with her mother Laura Rice telling MailOnline: 'It's pretty exciting. We still don't know how Katy found Kaycee and we had no idea it was on Twitter until one of her little fans sent it to her, otherwise we would never have known.'

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Tiny dancer: Kaycee Rice has become an internet phenomenon after being given a Twitter boost by Katy Perry.

Werk it: 10-year-old Kaycee Rice takes to the stage in a video that has now become a YouTube hit.

Kaycee's video has now been watched by 570,949 people and Mrs Rice, 45, added: 'Kaycee's very innocent and very humble, she doesn't brag.'

The talented schoolgirl, who dances every day at her dance studio her mom owns, started dancing when she was just five and also studies tap, jazz and ballet.

The video was taken at a dance competition four months ago where she won for her hip hop solo and her mom said: 'It was choreographed by Tricia Miranda, Missy Elliot's
choreographer, who took her under her wing and adores her.

'She performed with Missy's protégée Sharaya J at the LA Choreographer's Carnival and in her Banji video.

'She just loves to dance. She gives it 150 per cent in every class she goes to and she dances like she's on stage, it's her passion.'

It would be Kaycee's dream, according to her mom, to appear on Fox reality show So You Think You Can Dance.

And asked about her mention from Katy Perry, Kaycee said: 'I didn't know what it meant, then I had it explained to me and I found out that it was amazing.'

Her favourite Katy Perry songs are Firework and Teenage Dreams and she said she loves to dance, because 'I get to express myself and get free of school!'

Support: Superstar Katy Perry tweeted the video of Kaycee Rice to her 38 million followers.

Pop Princess: Katy Perry dons a gold crown at the Met Ball in New York in May.

Some may say that Kaycee's routine
may be deemed a little provocative, but Mrs Rice said: 'It's the
performance, she's not taking it home with her.

'She performs it and leaves and her hair looks like she's just climbed out of bed, like a normal kid.

'I don't worry about the moves as
Kaycee doesn't have a thought about what they are. She's innocent and
she's not putting two and two together. It's her being her, it's the way
she moves and that's just her dance.'

And....relax: Kaycee Rice collapses on the floor at the end of her winning dance routine.

Kaycee has an older sister Kylie, 14, and brother Devon, 17, and her father Brad is a mortgage broker.

Her parents are sending her out on some auditions, but her mom said: 'We're not setting goals for her right now, she's enjoying dancing at the studio with her friends and we don't want to push her - but we're not going to hold her back if doors open.'